Milk-modifying apparatus.



No. 645,875. Patented Mar. 20, |900. sTnAuss.

MILK MUDIFYING APPARATUS.

(Application led May 2, 1899.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE.

ERNEST s'rRAUss, 0E NEW YORK, u. Y., AssIeNoR or ONE-HALE rro ALBERT HAAs, 0E sAME PLACE.

'MILK-MQDIFYING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,875, dated March 20, 1900. Application inea my 2,1899. serai limitano. (No model.)

To'ctZZ whom t may concern:

Re it known ,that I, ERNEST sTRAUss, aciuy zen of the United States,and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, y have inventeda new and useful Im proveme'nt thereon a plurality of strips having thereon different formulae so arranged as to be suit` able for successive periods in a childs life.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Y,

Figure l represents a side view ofv my im-A proved apparatus. Fig. `2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section taken in the plane of the line 3 3 of Fig. f 2. Fig. 4 represents face views of five additional strips having diderent formulae, and Fig. 5 is a side view of one ofthe strips to show more clearly the hook at the top of the strip for use in holding the strip snugly in its position against lthe side of the jar. l

The measuring vessel or jar is denoted by A, and in the present instance it is formed in the general style of a glass graduate having a. plurality of fiat sides or panels. The outer surface of the jar is provided with a vertical shallow groove a, extending from the top to the bottom of the body of the jar, Within which groove is tted to be seated any one of the series of strips B B B2 B3 B4-B5. These strips are made of any suitable materialsuch, for instance, as metaland they are caused to be snugly seated in the groove ct in the vessel by means of spring-hooks b at their upper ends, arranged to embrace the top of the vessel. The strips are marked in separate series, the lines and accompanying wordmarks to indicate the level to which the vessel must be filled when supplying the ingredient indicated by the said word-mark, it being understood that these ingredients are to be supplied in the order which the wordmarks are placed, reading from the bttom upward. These strips are preferably numbered successively, and may have marked thereon also a statement of the vperiod or age to which the schedule or formula on each particular strip is appropriate. -Each strip is prov vided with transverse slits b', corresponding to the several marks, so that when the strip is lheld in position on the vessel theperson supplying the several ingredients can supply' the exact amount by noticing when the pal*- ticu'lar ingredient being inserted reaches a point opposite the said slit. J

. The schedules or formulas which I'have shown in the accompanying drawings are arranged on the basis of the prescription of Dr.-

L. E. Holt as given in lhis book on the Care cmd Feeding of Children, and by using this apparatus the composition of the milk food is adjusted accurately in accordance with such *l prescription, so as to gradually decrease the proportion of water and increase the proportion of milk as the child growsolder.

Itis to be understood that other formulas v may be applied to the strip, if so desired.

Ithaving been decided, accordingl to the childs age, which formula is to be used, the

strip presenting that formula is inserted in its position along the outer surface of the ves-4 sel wit'hin the groove a., and the said strip is retained therein until it'becomes necessary to use the next succeeding strip. By this arrangement no confusion can arise inthe kuse ofzthe apparatus.

It is evident that slight changes might be I resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. do not wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein set forth; but

What I claim isl. A milk-modifying apparatus comprising avessel and a formula-bearing stripitted to be removably attached to the saidvessel, the

' said strip being provided with a plurality of slits corresponding to the different marks of the formula through which lslits the surface of the contents of the vessel may be observed when opposite the said marks, substantially as set forth.

2. A milk-modifying apparatus comprising a transparent vessel having a vertical groove Hence I IOO formed in its outer surface and a formulal In testimony that I claim the foregoing as bearing strip adapted to be seated Within the my invention I have signed my name,in pressaid groove, the said strip having its upper enee of two Witnesses,this 1st dayof May,l899. end developed into a spring-hook arranged to embrace the top of the vessel for holding the strip snugly in its position within the groove in the vessel, substantially as set forth.

ERNEST STRAUSS. Witnesses: Y

FREDK. HAYNES, EDWARD VIESER.v 

